Luis de Satagel and Gabriel Sanchez. received many privileges for the part they played In the discovery. In 1776 there were some 4.000 Jews in the United States. and generally they aided the Americans in tile Revoluttion. and Hayma Salomnan. a Poli h Jew. loaned his great fortune to help the colonies at a critical juncture. So Columbus Caise with Jews to America 128 years before the M1ayiflower brought to iPlymouth its political and religious refugees from Enigland. who gave to America its spirit. its truth. Its freedom. If there is anyone who doubts or questions the value and the contribution made to America by the races and peoples of southern and eastern Europe. he has hut to spend a few days or even a few hours in a typical New England industrial center. In Worcester. Mass.. for instance. there are 37 nationalities at work in its various factories. creating the wealth of that thriving city. and what is true of Worcester is true o. all of New Englands industrial centers of population. with her humming mills and busy factories. I have referred only brielly to the contributions made by the Immigrants of southern and eastern Europe in the field of creative arts. I believe it is conceded by the keenest and deepest students of sociology that these peoples. because of their tdition and by virtue of their temperament. can and will and are supplementing our material development withcreative production in the artistic realm. The cultured of our people In New York enjoy and admire the worldfamous Jewish violinists. pianists. vocalists. and actors.
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